The last 2 days have been hilarious and great fun. We got to Huacachina which is an oasis surrounded by huge sand dunes (all in the middle of nowhere which is odd?!). We had lunch and then got into dune buggies. Oh my God, how much fun? There were 8 of us plus a driver and we went speeding across the dunes, stopping on the crest of huge vertical drops and then speeding down them. Not a good activity if you've got a bad back but hilarious fun. In between tearing a...

On Monday we had another long drive day to Puerto Inca, a weird little beach resort where we camped for the night. It was deserted apart from some vultures - cant be holiday season right now?! The sea is apparently very dangerous with a really strong current. Someone from another tour group went missing fairly recently and the body still hasn't been found - yikes! Camped on the beach for the night but even had a hot shower in the morning! On the way to Nazca w...

After leaving Colca Canyon we had another long drive to Arequipa. The roads were ridiculous! I half wished we hadn't stopped for lunch enroute as I could feel it coming back every 10 minutes! The stereo couldn't cope with the bumps so Vee and I shared an ipod ear each and entertained ourselves (and some of the truck) with our singalonga. Well, until one old bat told us our singing was totally unnecessary and to "Ssshhh". Harrumph! Didn't stop us and we ...

Hi all, Been a bit behind on the old posts as haven't had access to t'internet. Lots of blogs therefore being posted but you've only been notified about this one. Just arrived in Lima and it's 13th May. Anyway, back to 7th....... On Thursday we had an early start after saying goodbye to our new parents and then a long drive to Chivay where we went to the local hot springs (the town is surrounded by volcanoes). They were pretty nice and it was great to immer...

We were still exhausted by Tuesday morning despite a comfy bed and a long sleep. Vee, Michelle and I went to an English greasy spoon type place for brekkie and stuffed our faces with the full works. It was then a lazy day of shopping and I went to get my nails done. The pedi was great (chocolate soak, scrub and cream including a cup of hot chocolate!) but the mani was appalling so I refused to pay for it! The therapist lady asked what my kids were doing for me fo...